Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Haunt \Haunt\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh.
   from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see
   {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to
   heim home (see {Home}). [root]36.]
   1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit
      pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

            You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
                                                  --Shak.

            Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift.

   2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost
      or apparition.

            Foul spirits haunt my resting place.  --Fairfax.

   3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]

            That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . .
            . is cursed.                          --Chaucer.

            Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
                                                  --Ascham.

   4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]

            Haunt thyself to pity.                --Wyclif.

Haunt \Haunt\, v. i.
   To persist in staying or visiting.

         I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak.

Haunt \Haunt\, n.
   1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking
      saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of
      wild beasts.

   Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a
         dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.

   Note: Often used figuratively.

               The household nook, The haunt of all affections
               pure.                              --Keble.

               The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. --Tennyson.

   2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]

            The haunt you have got about the courts.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]

            Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

haunt
     n : a frequently visited place [syn: {hangout}, {resort}, {repair},
          {stamping ground}]
     v 1: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;
          "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother
          haunted her" [syn: {stalk}]
     2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
        [syn: {obsess}, {ghost}]
     3: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She
        haunts the ballet" [syn: {frequent}]